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includes michele obama and the role of first lady throughout history. now available for the price of 1295 plus shipping. at c-span.org/parks. >> c-span is created by america's cable company in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> coming up tonight on c-span2, the senate judiciary committee continues to work on the immigration bill proposed by the bipartisan group of eight. and breaking national security. after that, a forum examines the challenges kind implementing deportable care act or it. >> on monday, the senate judiciary committee continued the markup of the immigration else sponsored by the bipartisan group of eight. the chairman, patrick leahy, says he wants to finish work on the bill on wednesday, but the debate would continue on thursday and friday of next area. >> senator grassley, senator feinstein, senator schumer, first, i would like to thank the mayor of the senate side of capitol hill, senator schumer, who dug us out of the dungeon and the room that we met in last week, i appreciate being in this room.
includes michele obama and the role of first lady throughout history. now available for the price of 1295 plus shipping. at c-span.org/parks. >> c-span is created by america's cable company in 1979. brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> coming up tonight on c-span2, the senate judiciary committee continues to work on the immigration bill proposed by the bipartisan group of eight. and breaking national security. after that, a forum examines the challenges...
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get after barack obama. he voted against it. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. there were all against the surge . and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed. and in the meantime it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, i thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge. was the work that? i don't know. i don't know. we don't know yet. but it is not -- it is not a clear-cut fact that the surge worked and we won and that sort of thing. as for the jewish lobby question , you know, let's get real. the israeli press -- i'm jewish. the israeli press refers to apec as the jewish lobby. it's a little -- a pack has had this thing going for years where anybody who criticizes israel, oh, well, you are anti-semitic. you're really talking about jews, not talking about is real. so if somebody says, okay, the jewish lobby then they say, no, you are anti-semitic because you calle
get after barack obama. he voted against it. get after the entire joint chiefs of staff at the time. there were all against the surge . and you can make the case that the surge worked in a tactical way. still hasn't worked in its ultimate, strategic objectives for reasons that i discussed. and in the meantime it did cost a lot of money and probably, you know, i thousand extra american soldiers died in the implementation of that surge. was the work that? i don't know. i don't know. we don't know...
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president obama with his vision or lack there of is there anything he has done right? >> the purpose of my book was not to criticize but there are things that they have to think about and look back when it comes to the middle east and south asia we have come to a point* we decided form policy doesn't matter with the 2012 election and we adopt the attitude doing less is better and we don't need to get into solving messy problems i think we make this more openly compare it to with on many foreign policy issues there are some things i wanted to raise. how do we balance between civilians and military and set forth strategy interest and pursue it? are we at the right place? even if we're not at the wrong place it is time to get out and second we have ting build with the middle east quite a lot and for the better part of 2001 through 2009 we put it at the center of global policy than me make some rattle call decisions about departing in doing things are not doing things there are some decisions we do almost like sleepwalking and do you really want to be this disengage with t
president obama with his vision or lack there of is there anything he has done right? >> the purpose of my book was not to criticize but there are things that they have to think about and look back when it comes to the middle east and south asia we have come to a point* we decided form policy doesn't matter with the 2012 election and we adopt the attitude doing less is better and we don't need to get into solving messy problems i think we make this more openly compare it to with on many...
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not when we vote for obama and the thing we were waiting for -- wait a minute, where is the us part of it? back to something as urge usual. so without stories it's easy to feel rudderless. we don't have a goal, sense of anything. i do think there are some inklings. we were talking about this before, the "occupy" movement. people were so unnerved and unsettled by the "occupy" movement because they wouldn't state their demands. they wouldn't state their goals. what do you want? well, we're doing it right now. what are you demands? we're not really demanding anything from you. we're not doing this for something else. we're doing this. right? sort of of an internet style political movement. right? and that it's not part of some great narrative about winning a war, fighting something and beating the bad guys. it's about attaining a new kind of normative behavior right now. that not just exemplifies but actualizes the thing we're talking about. it's the difference between a society for whom books and stories is the predominant entertainment medium, and one where video games is. by video game
not when we vote for obama and the thing we were waiting for -- wait a minute, where is the us part of it? back to something as urge usual. so without stories it's easy to feel rudderless. we don't have a goal, sense of anything. i do think there are some inklings. we were talking about this before, the "occupy" movement. people were so unnerved and unsettled by the "occupy" movement because they wouldn't state their demands. they wouldn't state their goals. what do you...
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. >> as you know, president obama has nominated tom wheeler as the head of the federal communications commission so how do you expect the approach to change with a new leader if at all? >> so, many of us know him, he's been around for a long time and he is a progressive thinker and understand this industry i suspect we do not agree on every policy issue, but i think i expect it to be a very fruitful fcc. i think will be an fcc that you begin to move critical issues forward. he's written about the ip transition for example. they are deploying but technology across the united states. we have an internal logic to it and we will sunset. plan on the television service. we expect them to be turned off in 2020. they are moved with wireless. boies should be ip voice or wireless but there is the technological or market-based reason why the legacy service should be in place. for us to do that, it requires a significant amount of regulatory approvals. in the industry we sometimes talk about we cannot have a regulatory environment that actually locks us into technology and that is what we have to
. >> as you know, president obama has nominated tom wheeler as the head of the federal communications commission so how do you expect the approach to change with a new leader if at all? >> so, many of us know him, he's been around for a long time and he is a progressive thinker and understand this industry i suspect we do not agree on every policy issue, but i think i expect it to be a very fruitful fcc. i think will be an fcc that you begin to move critical issues forward. he's...
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we are in the age of obama. but one great black man living in public housing with his family cannot turn its all right. he is a great man and a brother is going to be in public housing let it be 1600 pennsylvania ave. no doubt about that. [applause] i just want to see him come out one side with a housecoat on. with his cap, wassup! [laughter] but that's my fantasy. that's just my fantasy. wonderful, beautiful, brilliant people. the first lady, the president and their two wonderful children, but we want all families that are black and latino and asian and other indigenous people to be treated with equal respect and dignity. and we want all of our kids like sahsa and malia to be treated with recognition that is due to them sweet talk about these issues because they are extremely important. so i am going to introduce our speakers and the order in which they will appear first of all professor sharon davies is a very gifted scholar. she was the editor of the columbia law review while in her law school at columbia. yo
we are in the age of obama. but one great black man living in public housing with his family cannot turn its all right. he is a great man and a brother is going to be in public housing let it be 1600 pennsylvania ave. no doubt about that. [applause] i just want to see him come out one side with a housecoat on. with his cap, wassup! [laughter] but that's my fantasy. that's just my fantasy. wonderful, beautiful, brilliant people. the first lady, the president and their two wonderful children, but...
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[laughter] you know, 1970 new york city, and my daughter, we watched obama-hillary clinton election, she was tiny, like five, and she said -- i said, you know, she was a big obama supporter, and i said, you know, wouldn't it be cool if there was a woman president? she looked at me destainfully and said, mom, of course there's been a woman president. it was like amazing that it was in that short time that we went from ugly women to becoming lawyers to of course there's been a woman president in a 5-year-old girl. that said, it's very hard for those of us who grew up in the world in which our feminist class, you know, books are causing people to talk today have names like the end of men. we live in a world in which more women than men get college educations in which women are, for the first time, in the majority of the workplace and in the majority in manager positions. it's hard to look back into the other time. i was abstractly understanding things were different, we don't know or see and feel it, exactly. i interviewed the paris review, and she told me that when she was in college,
[laughter] you know, 1970 new york city, and my daughter, we watched obama-hillary clinton election, she was tiny, like five, and she said -- i said, you know, she was a big obama supporter, and i said, you know, wouldn't it be cool if there was a woman president? she looked at me destainfully and said, mom, of course there's been a woman president. it was like amazing that it was in that short time that we went from ugly women to becoming lawyers to of course there's been a woman president in...
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the implication of that sometimes voiced by many people today who argue that president obama should move for strongly in embracing the legacy it's a time when the government finally got the private sector out of the way. they got to steer the main -- they got it right. and the problem is that we have abandoned that legacy. arthur's book shows that none of that common wisdom is true. that ultimately what saved america and saved the world was not the government finally getting it right, but private industry and all of the innovation and freedom animal spirits that been herd to the corner for the previous decade that came roaring tout save others and save the world. without much further ado let me introduce arthur herman. we with can only hope that it brings so much critical and commercial attention. arthur. [applause] how are all of you? [inaudible conversations] thanks for coming out. the weather has been, shall we say, less than cooperative? but i'm glad to see so many faces, many of them familiar, many of them new to my audiences. i also want to thank our host, american enterprise insti
the implication of that sometimes voiced by many people today who argue that president obama should move for strongly in embracing the legacy it's a time when the government finally got the private sector out of the way. they got to steer the main -- they got it right. and the problem is that we have abandoned that legacy. arthur's book shows that none of that common wisdom is true. that ultimately what saved america and saved the world was not the government finally getting it right, but...
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the president of the united states, iraq obama. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> hello, connecticut. [cheers and applause] thank you so much, everybody. but maybe can buy thinking nicole, and he for your brave words. [cheers and appand applause] i want to thank don and all this newtown families who have come here today, including pat loadrunner. [applause] and nobody could be more eloquent than cool and the other families on this issue and we are so grateful for their courage and willingness to share their stories to understand that nothing is going to be more important in making sure congress moves forward this week. i want to thank the educators from sandy hook elementary who have come here as well. [cheers and applause] the survivors. i love you back, i do. they still mourn and grieve, but are still going to work every day to love and praise for special children in their care as fiercely as ever. i want to thank governor malloy for his leadership. [cheers and applause] very proud of him. i wan
the president of the united states, iraq obama. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> hello, connecticut. [cheers and applause] thank you so much, everybody. but maybe can buy thinking nicole, and he for your brave words. [cheers and appand applause] i want to thank don and all this newtown families who have come here today, including pat loadrunner. [applause] and nobody could be more eloquent than cool and the other families on this issue and we are so...
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as obama reiterated again yesterday. now senator mcconnell speaking about the vote. >> well, good afternoon, everyone. i'm sure we'll be a lot briefer than the group that was just before you. the vote we just had is symbolically very, very significant. two years ago this month on a bipartisan basis the president signing the bill, we committed to the american people that we would reduce spending over the next ten years by $2.1 trillion. there's no question that had cloture been invoked on this particular appropriation bill, which was even more than the president had asked for, your storyline tomorrow would have been, dong on -- congress on a bipartisan basis walks away from the budget control act. we now have a debt the sizes of our economy which makes us look like greece. there's much left to be done to get our financial house in order. but, boy, you don't make any progress in that direction by signaling to the american people you're not serious about the things you already agreed to do on a bipartisan basis. our good fr
as obama reiterated again yesterday. now senator mcconnell speaking about the vote. >> well, good afternoon, everyone. i'm sure we'll be a lot briefer than the group that was just before you. the vote we just had is symbolically very, very significant. two years ago this month on a bipartisan basis the president signing the bill, we committed to the american people that we would reduce spending over the next ten years by $2.1 trillion. there's no question that had cloture been invoked on...
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40,000, numbers, really, in retrospect seemed cold, covering the fights between mcchrystal and president obama, but it was not until i embarked upon the project that i came to any understanding of what it is our brave troops, men like those on the panel go through, what they sacrificed for us, not just them, but their wives and their moms and their friends, and what we, as the nation don't recognize enough which is we're incredibly blessed to have people like this doing this for us, serving like this for us, and their stories are actually, even though we in the media don't cover them, not as much as they should be, and i say that's because the american people don't want to hear think thinking the war is a bummer, that these stories are not all depressing. they are, in many ways, inspiring, and what people do for one another and the strength and resolve and bigness of heart that our troops have, even the ones who make bad mistakes, those who screw up here and there, and that's part of the book, it's something that we, as a nation, should be thankful for. that's my eyes opened, and that's why i
40,000, numbers, really, in retrospect seemed cold, covering the fights between mcchrystal and president obama, but it was not until i embarked upon the project that i came to any understanding of what it is our brave troops, men like those on the panel go through, what they sacrificed for us, not just them, but their wives and their moms and their friends, and what we, as the nation don't recognize enough which is we're incredibly blessed to have people like this doing this for us, serving...
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president obama can make a better choice for defense secretary. that sums up where i'm at. -- it's about the times which we live. and i would leek to echo the statement about "the washington post" about being out of the main stream. two hearings here and we'll have a couple of votes it looks like in the next week or so. to my colleagues about the cloture vote today. you have ever right to say now is not the time to end the debate on senator hagel. he's reported out of committee at 5:00 tuesday. there's legitimate questions there's information that we haven't gathered that we should be able have a opportunity to look at people on the committee a chance review the information. and the idea of waiting makes sense. we'll have a better informed decision. the debate should continue at least are in period of time. now, senator kerry was able to get out of committee and vote on the same day because of all of felt comfortable with john kerry even though we disagree with the politics. i believe john care i have a good man. on the opposite issues twiems when
president obama can make a better choice for defense secretary. that sums up where i'm at. -- it's about the times which we live. and i would leek to echo the statement about "the washington post" about being out of the main stream. two hearings here and we'll have a couple of votes it looks like in the next week or so. to my colleagues about the cloture vote today. you have ever right to say now is not the time to end the debate on senator hagel. he's reported out of committee at...
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it was president president obama in his first term. he said, i am here because you are all -- in america 50 years ago what did i think america was? it was all things to me. my husband's home country, my new jewish family, robin and benjamin. leonard's cousins and lots of americans. we came here from amsterdam to photograph people. i have no photo of myself and of our seven-month stay in america but sweet pictures of our 4-year-old daughter, her grandparents and cousins. leonard was very frugal. he needed all film for his projects. nothing got wasted. he said i wished i had a picture of myself and of leonard at the march on washington. i only had my eyes. and these eyes looked and looked, i would say all these faces and then leonard asked me how i liked the day? i would say all these faces. the march was america for me and then the speech of dr. martin came, "i have a dream." the speech moved like a wave over the heads of all those people. the voice was strong. a preacher's voice. it reached everyone. i had never heard anything like thi
it was president president obama in his first term. he said, i am here because you are all -- in america 50 years ago what did i think america was? it was all things to me. my husband's home country, my new jewish family, robin and benjamin. leonard's cousins and lots of americans. we came here from amsterdam to photograph people. i have no photo of myself and of our seven-month stay in america but sweet pictures of our 4-year-old daughter, her grandparents and cousins. leonard was very frugal....
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obama administration policies. we have an hour and a half left with their test this month on "in depth." our producer tommy davis often sends the authors we have on the program a series of questions and she sends a series of questions as well. amy goodman provided answers and we want to show those to you right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> host: amy goodman one and a half hours left in our program today and this is an e-mail from robert homan indian pueblo colorado. given the words spoken by president obama during the 2008 and 2012 campaigns are you disappointed by his actions and will the u.s. ever adopt a single page payer health care system? >> guest: at very important question and i would like to also go back to the issue you raised before the break. that is president obama speaking at the dedication of the mlk memorial. here we are on sunday. it's 45 years ago. it's 45 years ago on april 41968 the doctor king was gunned down at the l
obama administration policies. we have an hour and a half left with their test this month on "in depth." our producer tommy davis often sends the authors we have on the program a series of questions and she sends a series of questions as well. amy goodman provided answers and we want to show those to you right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> host: amy goodman one and a half hours left in our program...
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. >> senator mccain have you talked to president obama about this? >> i have not. >> i have great respect for the president. i believe that at some point we will all be meeting with the president on this issue because we need to coordinate with the administration. but i think -- i haven't seen it degree of partisanship overall as there is today. but we are showing some signs of bipartisanship as they did into furthering the nuclear option in the senate. this issue i think republicans are more inclined to let the process go forward and senator reid is more inclined to let us have amendments. i think that when we are down to 11% approval rating, there was a favorability thing. a call and ask if he is viewed more favorably than a member of congress. we are in kind of bad shape to say the least. i won't pursue that point any further. i have this whole planet guy ran guy ran up in the airport instead say anyone tell you you look a lot like senator john mccain? i said ian. doesn't just make you mad as hell? [laughter] so there is a desire on our part and o
. >> senator mccain have you talked to president obama about this? >> i have not. >> i have great respect for the president. i believe that at some point we will all be meeting with the president on this issue because we need to coordinate with the administration. but i think -- i haven't seen it degree of partisanship overall as there is today. but we are showing some signs of bipartisanship as they did into furthering the nuclear option in the senate. this issue i think...
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missions and authorities in the state department migrated to the department of defense, and when to the obama administration came into office, they made at it priority to rebalance that relationship and mandate that secretary clinton gave me, when i took the job as assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. i think we made a lot of progress in that respect that and the relationship between state department and the defense department has never been better. military affairs is often referred to as the principle link between the state department and the department of defense, and so at its core, our mission is to make sure that relationship goes smoothly as well as ensuring that what the defense department is doing is consistent with u.s. foreign policy. and so we made progress in increasing personnel exchanges in rebalancing the authority, and in a variety of different interactions. the relationship is more intimate and closer than ever before, and it's not just with the office of secretary of defense policy. what my bureau deals with all the different organizations wind dod,
missions and authorities in the state department migrated to the department of defense, and when to the obama administration came into office, they made at it priority to rebalance that relationship and mandate that secretary clinton gave me, when i took the job as assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. i think we made a lot of progress in that respect that and the relationship between state department and the defense department has never been better. military affairs is...
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the agenda is about obama and the senate. it's not about us little republicans. we should not fall into the trap, like we don't know what we are doing. we need to start putting the agenda on them. they need to give us the agenda. >> guest: i think your anecdote about a sandy bill in the sandy photos and interesting london i think it reflects a lot about how speaker boehner operates within the house. for example when the fiscal cliff -- fiscal cliff deal came over was a tough vote for republicans. what i heard is boehner pulled the sandy relief bill from the floor because he didn't want to force republicans to vote on the spending package so close to set a deal that they didn't like. you cannot with the policies but that seemed to be boehner's i did. after he heard from congressman peter king of new york and other about the uproar about the sandy relief will being pulled from the floor he met with peter king the next day at 3:00 and ultimately decided to bring it back to the floor to have an agreement. that shows how boehner works. he's trying to get his give his
the agenda is about obama and the senate. it's not about us little republicans. we should not fall into the trap, like we don't know what we are doing. we need to start putting the agenda on them. they need to give us the agenda. >> guest: i think your anecdote about a sandy bill in the sandy photos and interesting london i think it reflects a lot about how speaker boehner operates within the house. for example when the fiscal cliff -- fiscal cliff deal came over was a tough vote for...
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apparently the obama administration thoughts would be a constitutional for congress to provide too many limits on the president's power to can act hostility against libya. where the czar, we don't know. the commander-in-chief clause is a very constitutional provision. look at this project is the first one to give some legal purchase on what might have been the original meaning of the commander-in-chief clause. but this is drafted in philadelphia, the only commander-in-chief was george washington. they certainly did not have george the third in wind. either governors and i'm. after the heads of the militias in the states is also not their model. but instead, their model if they had one was george washington. one of the many things focused book does a wonderful detail gives you an idea the fact that george washington and the reasons he was claimed. it is not a successful general. he was not an attention grabber. he was not a self publicist. sos notwithstanding all that he became this universally admired figure and as a model to the commander-in-chief clause. so it's extraordinary relevant
apparently the obama administration thoughts would be a constitutional for congress to provide too many limits on the president's power to can act hostility against libya. where the czar, we don't know. the commander-in-chief clause is a very constitutional provision. look at this project is the first one to give some legal purchase on what might have been the original meaning of the commander-in-chief clause. but this is drafted in philadelphia, the only commander-in-chief was george...